The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-20
THE TORONTO RIOT.
LORD LANsDowNEs nowDrEs
And tho Work They iDId-A Mob OF Han
dreds of Cowards Assaii Three aIen-The
Police Remain Passive mud Laugh.
What Nice Government.

drcds OF Cowhrda Assail Three Men-The
Police Remain Passive mud Laugh.
What Nice Government.
TORONTO, May 19.-Edltor o'Brien ant
MIR. kilbride left for Ottawa at 1886 o'clocl
! this morning.
Only a few people were assembled a
the station 10 Sec them of, and there wal
no disturbance. They will reach Ottawi
! at 7 o'clock this evening.
Long after the telegraph had closed las
night, and Just as Mr.. o'Brien was abou
to retire to test, ne was waited upon b,
six members Of the Dominion Parliamen.
who expressed their deep sense OF sorrow
and shame at the occurrence and OF sym.
pathy with Mr.. O'Brien.
Mr.. 'Brien received them courteously
and then, with cheerful laugh said: ~
am not at all sorry now that It is over. Ol
course suffered little, bu. that Is moth.
ing when We take into account tho fac,
that 1t will injure Lord Lansdowne's cause
still more"
Referring to criticisms on his failure to
keep his promise to guarantee O'Brisn a
lair hearing on Tuesday afternoon, Mayor
Rowland said il 1t had not been for the
great police force he sent to Queens PARK
the party would have been swept from the
fold. He regards tho affair as . huge Joke
and says O'Btien ought to be thankful he
got oil so easily.
The police have arrested o man named
John W. Crowley on the charge Of partiCi.
patlng in the riotous demonstration last
night.
| THE PRESS SPEAKS.
The morning papers generally condemn
last nights outrage upon Editor O'Brien.
The GLOBE, under the heading, Burning
Outrage" aays: "The brutal unprovoked
assault upon OBrien yesterday may pro.
duce very serious results. Intolerance
has risen to a pretty pitch OF insolence
when cheer lB answered by bludgeons
and stone throwing. II such a method OF
retort be not visited with the severest
tpenaity that can be legally imposed, this
town will see the Belfast riots before
long and suAer enormous losses. There
would become slight excusu in the ordin-
ary state OF affairs for lenient treatment OF
men resenting jeers at the name OF the
Queen, but there is no ground for mercy
TO ruilians to undertake to knock down
citlzens for cheering at any mans name,
no matter who he be. The rutlians of yes
terday doubtless effected what all the in
iiuence and courage Of O'B-ien vainly at
tempted. They have thrown over to him
the volume OF public sympathy which he
could not have otherwise obtained. He
stands now identified with the cause OF
| free speech in Canada. OF freedom 10 walk
the streets, OF freedom 10 indicate opin-
ions, and thoss common rights must be
fvindicated at any cost"
The Globe gives Irish Catholics great
praise for generally preventing further
demonstrations. 1t saya:
when their natural sympathy with
any champion Of tenants is iairly consider-
ed, 1t must be acknowledged they have
displayed great consideration for the Gov
ernor General, and great respect for pub.
lie opinion. They stood up SO tue Gov.
ernor did, for the right OF free speecb,
and it is foul shame that tho refusal Of
that liberty by one crowd OF hoodlums
should have been followed yesterday with
violence from another crowd. They could
not be- satisfied with O'Brien's moral de.
feat, but must try to break his head with
stones. Force is a fRvorite remedy it is
also a remedy much employed by law,
and what must now be shown is that the
forces Of the law can jail and fine most
impressively the forces OF anarchy"
The Mail says: "The mobbing Of
lO'Brien and his friends on the streets last
night was batbarous and disgraceiul act,
and the police, who have behaved go well
under the trying circumstances, should
leave nothing undone to bring the black
guards concerned in the outrage to JUS.
tice."
| Mr.. MuLLIGAS's STORY.
Mr.. J. A. Mulligsn, President OF the
local branch OF the National League, to.
day furnished the following version Of
last nights disturbance:
About S o'clock last evening was at
the Rosain House with Mr. 0'Brieu, when
he expressed desire for little fresh air.
| suggested that there was danger moving
about, but O'Brien laughed and said he
would 20. Accordingly o'Brien, Secretary
Cahill and myself loft the hotel by the
York street door and walked toward King
street. There was large crowd outside,
some OF whom cheered and others hooted.
'Brien aAid TO his friends: NOV, bows,
I'm going to take little walk and i want
You to remain here In complisnce
with the requcet O'BrieD's sympnthizers
dld 90, and We went up York street and
turned east along King street.
We were followed by large crowd and
lostled and leered at, besides being greet.
ed with "hang him" drown him." "kill
him" intorspcrsed with singing OF "God
Save the QIeen." At the corner Of Bay
and King streets it occurred to mo tina,
the best thing 10 do was 10 get back to the
hotel. The police we're very remiss in
their duty, and did nothing to protect ut
from the mob. In Bay atroot the crowd
began to uae stones and rotten rggs, which
fell like hail, aud struck Us. The cry here
wHg ITO the bay with him." and | came
to the conclusion tnBt things were getting
serious. The mob grew larger md Larger
and missiles flew thi> k md iaat. A ntonc
struck MIR. Cahill on tho back OF the head
injuring him badly. O'Brien, Cnhill and
myself were all hit repeatedly. One
stone a:ruck Inc on the elbow iDjuriny il
severely.
| On the corner Of Bay and Wellington
street We turned westward, in search OF u
place oi shelter, as We saw We could never
reach the hotel unless We escaped from
the mob. We could not get into Snarpe'a
laundry, but found Taylora shop open
and We rushed in. Tho crowd poured
voiieys OF stones after u9, but we egcaped
through the back door into the lane. We
were sheltered by some kind lrendB until
l0:3O ?. NJ, when VII got bRck to tho hotel
through rear entrance. My coat WAC
ruined by showers Of eggs and We wore in
u irightiul condition. recognized many
faces in the crowd, bnt most oi the time
SGs busy protecting my face from the
stones. Mr.. O'Brien conaidorod no hnd y